Is Le Batard's punishment justified?

Absolutely, it is perfectly fair.No, it isn't harsh enough.No, he deserves some kind of a punishment, but this is too harsh.No, he shouldn't be punished at all.Submit Votevote to see results

Is Le Batard's punishment justified?

Absolutely, it is perfectly fair.

31.7%

No, it isn't harsh enough.

8.9%

No, he deserves some kind of a punishment, but this is too harsh.

21.2%

No, he shouldn't be punished at all.

38.3%

Total votes: 38,821

Regardless of the selections themselves, Le Batard broke a rule.

According to the Hall of Fame's website, "Only active and honorary members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, who have been active baseball writers for at least ten (10) years, shall be eligible to vote."

Again, some may not argue with the result of Le Batard's stunt in terms of the players chosen on his particular ballot, but if voters were allowed to give away their ballots as they pleased, a broken system would turn into even more of a circus than it already is.

A punishment needed to be handed down, and as Yahoo! Sports' Jeff Passan noted, there is more work to be done:

Hopefully, Dan Le Batard is the first in a very large group of underqualified voters the BBWAA pares from its rolls. We're talking hundreds.